By Mr, Andrew Mathews. 11 



were also raised from seeds obtained from English and Dutch 

 seedsmen. 



The varieties may be arranged and described as follows, 

 1. Common Cardoon. 



Char don. \ 



Carde. | En S llsh ' 



Cardan pleine inerme. ] French . 



Cardon pleine et sans 6pines. ) 



This kind grows from four to five feet high ; the leaves 

 are large and strong, with broadish segments to the leaflets, 

 of a shining green, with a little appearance of hoariness 

 on the upper surface, and generally destitute of spines, 

 though some of the plants occasionally have a few small ones 

 at the base of the leaflets. This is the Common Cardoon of 

 the English gardens, and which when raised from English or 

 Dutch seed, is often of very inferior quality, being piped or 

 hollow in its ribs. The Cardon Pleine Inerme of the Bon 

 Jardinier, which is there described as a novelty, appears to 

 correspond exactly with this Common Cardoon of the English, 

 and not to differ from it at all in the character of its foliage, 

 except in having solid ribs. I am therefore disposed to con- 

 sider it only as our Common Cardoon, raised from seeds of 

 well selected plants. 



2. Spanish Cardoon. 

 Cardon (TEspagne. 



The segments of the leaflets of this kind are rather nar- 

 rower, and somewhat more hoary than those of the Common 

 Cardoon ; the ribs are longer, and the whole plant stronger, 



